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Book Synopsis The Luton Hat Trade, a Brief History by : alex askaroff
Download or read book The Luton Hat Trade, a Brief History written by alex askaroff and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is difficult to imagine today that Luton was once the world centre of the Hat Industry, but for centuries that is exactly what it was. There was hardly a street that did not have a hat makers or someone connected to the hat trade in it. There was Olney's who manufactured straw Boaters, Lane's, who were the block makers. Brightman's in Bute Street and Snoxell's in Frederick Street. A & C Simpson of Guildford Street. Some still survive but one after another many closed as the town that had survived embargoes, and even Napoleon's blockades, changed into a university town. Age old traditions taught to children before they could run, disappeared too. Legend tells that there were more hat businesses in Luton than days of the year. Here for the first time world renowned author Alex Askaroff brings Luton's history back to life with actual stories from hat makers and much more. Come on a journey and discover why some people really were as 'mad as a hatter'.
Book Synopsis The Hat Industry of Luton and its Buildings by : Katie Carmichael
Download or read book The Hat Industry of Luton and its Buildings written by Katie Carmichael and published by Historic England. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although perhaps best known today as the home of Vauxhall Motors, Luton's industrial roots run much deeper. Long before it became associated with motor cars, Luton was the centre of ladies' hat production in this country - a success founded upon the earlier regional industry of straw-plaiting. Many surrounding towns and villages fed into the industry and helped to make the region globally renowned. At its peak in the 1930s, the region was producing as many as 70 million hats in a single year; however, it entered a rapid decline following the Second World War from which it never recovered. This has left Luton, Dunstable and a number of other local towns with a challenging inheritance of neglected and decaying fragments of a once vital industry. This book is intended to be an introduction and guide to the area's historical depth and to its distinctive and varied character, seeking to explain the development of the region as the centre of the hatting industry in the south and exploring the lives of the people working there during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The historic links between the surviving building stock and the hatting industry are assessed and the book highlights the significance of the surviving fabric and the potential of the historic environment within future conservation and regeneration plans.
Book Synopsis A History of Luton by : Anne Allsopp
Download or read book A History of Luton written by Anne Allsopp and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, Luton was a market town and, for many years, was also a centre for the brewing industry. In the 19th century it became famous for hat making, and more recently it has grown into a thriving industrial centre. During the Second World War it played an important part in the manufacture of army vehicles, and children bound for school had to dodge the Churchill tanks on their way to various theatres of conflict. Nowadays, Luton Airport is the gateway for all types of traveller and the town is well known for its famous football team. Luton has always provided visitors with a warm welcome and many have stayed and made the town their home. Local industry offered employment opportunities in the early 20th century and many had cause to be grateful for its relative prosperity during the Great Depression. Following the Second World War, immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and from the West Indies brought with them colourful new cultures that are celebrated in the annual Carnival. This fascinating and illustrated account of Luton's past will inform and delight anyone who lives in the town and inspire those who grew up here.
Book Synopsis The Dyer, Calico Printer, Bleacher, Finisher & Textile Review by :
Download or read book The Dyer, Calico Printer, Bleacher, Finisher & Textile Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Luton ... by : Frederick Davis
Download or read book The History of Luton ... written by Frederick Davis and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tracing Your Trade & Craftsman Ancestors by : Adéle Emm
Download or read book Tracing Your Trade & Craftsman Ancestors written by Adéle Emm and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman a butcher, baker or candlestick maker somewhere in our ancestry, and Adle Emm's handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order to discover more about them and their families. Chapters cover the guilds, the merchants, shopkeepers, builders, smiths and metalworkers, cordwainers and shoemakers, tailors and dressmakers, coopers, wheelwrights and carriage-makers, and a long list of other trades and crafts. The training and apprenticeships of individuals who worked in these trades and crafts are described, as are their skills and working conditions and the genealogical resources that preserve their history and give an insight into their lives. A chapter covers the general sources that researchers can turn to the National Archives, the census, newspapers, wills, and websites and gives advice on how to use them. Adle Emm's introduction will be fascinating reading for anyone who is researching the social or family history of trades and crafts.
Book Synopsis Straw Hats, Their History and Manufacture by : Harry Inwards
Download or read book Straw Hats, Their History and Manufacture written by Harry Inwards and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Straw Plaiting written by Veronica Main and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A must-have for anyone interested in working with straw and an astonishing contribution to the preservation of this endangered craft.' Jay Blades MBE, Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts An engaging makers' guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting, brimming with helpful step-by-step diagrams. Straw plaiting has been used to make accessories from hats and baskets to handbags, trimmings and homewares around the world for centuries. Once employing tens of thousands of people in the UK alone, the craft is now listed as Critically Endangered on Heritage Crafts' Red List. This book aims to change that, drawing on more than 50 previously unpublished patterns and techniques from around the world that will help you to unlock the history and preserve the skills of straw plaiting. For each pattern, follow the step-by-step diagrams and instructions and discover how they were developed whilst learning about materials, tools and preparation. Once familiar with the plaiting techniques – using straw as well as other materials – you will be able to develop your own skills, possibly blending in recycled materials, which are increasingly being used to produce beautiful and unique pieces.
Book Synopsis The Anglo-Florentines by : Diana Webb
Download or read book The Anglo-Florentines written by Diana Webb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification.
Book Synopsis The Victoria history of the county of Bedford by : William Page
Download or read book The Victoria history of the county of Bedford written by William Page and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1904-01-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Childhood and Child Labour in Industrial England by : Katrina Honeyman
Download or read book Childhood and Child Labour in Industrial England written by Katrina Honeyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in new directions. The two key overarching themes are diversity: social, economic, geographical, and cultural; and agency: the need to see children in industrial England as participants - even protagonists - in the process of historical change, not simply as passive recipients or victims. Contributors address such crucial subjects as the varied experience of work; poverty and apprenticeship; institutional care; the political voice of children; child sexual abuse; and children and education. This volume, therefore, includes some of the best, innovative work on the history of children and childhood currently being written by both younger and established scholars.
Book Synopsis Discovering Women's History by : Deirdre Beddoe
Download or read book Discovering Women's History written by Deirdre Beddoe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly practical guide introduces the reader to the main areas of British women's history: education, work, family life, sexuality and politics. After an introduction to each topic detailed commentary is provided on a range of primary source material together with advice on further reading. For the new edition the author has written a brand new chapter on how to choose a dissertation subject and the pitfalls to avoid.
Download or read book The American Hatter written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History of South-eastern England by :
Download or read book The Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History of South-eastern England written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis "Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories by : John Hobson
Download or read book "Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories written by John Hobson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories brings together an edited collection of the short articles published in the journal Occupational Medicine between 2002 and 2018. The articles originally appeared as 'fillers', commissioned to literally 'fill' the blank spaces at the end of the main scientific papers, but they soon became a feature in their own right. Written by doctors working in occupational medicine and health, the fillers began as a series of pieces exploring the varied and often surprising reasons why the individuals chose to pursue this unique speciality, whether it was a natural career move, triggered by a specific event, or stumbled upon by chance. Over time the articles became much broader in their scope and the journal began to attract pieces from some brilliant writers: Mike Gibson, John Challenor, Nerys Williams, and of course the superlative Anthony Seaton, amongst many others. Each article offers something different: a peek into history, a humorous adventure, a quiet musing, or a thought-provoking observation, but all are tied together under the umbrella of occupational medicine, a speciality that is often little known or understood in the wider world of medicine. This book brings together over 15 years' worth of fascinating and diverse articles into one volume for the first time, giving a rare insight into the world of the occupational physician.
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Book Synopsis The Straw Plaitting And Straw Hat And Bonnet Trade, With A Digest Of The Recent Census For The Luton District, And An Account Of The Increase Of The Neighbourhood... To Which Is Added A Description Of The Trade In Its Various Branches And by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Straw Plaitting And Straw Hat And Bonnet Trade, With A Digest Of The Recent Census For The Luton District, And An Account Of The Increase Of The Neighbourhood... To Which Is Added A Description Of The Trade In Its Various Branches And written by Anonymous and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book provides a detailed history of the straw plaitting and straw hat and bonnet trade in the Luton district of England. Drawing on data from the recent census, as well as firsthand accounts and other sources, the author paints a vivid picture of a thriving industry that played a major role in the local economy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
